Causes of WWII Flashcards
What are the five main causes of WWII?
The Treaty of Versailles
The Policy of Appeasement
The NAZAI campaign (Hitler’s rise to power)
The failure of the League of Nations
The Great Depression
What is the Weimer Republic?
Germany after WWI before WWII
What were the main issues in Germany after the war?
Nationwide low moral
Financial Crisis (The Great Depression)
What were Hitler’s policies?
Old age pensions should be increased
The Treaty of Versailles must be abolished
Germany must take over new territory in Eastern Europe to settle our growing population
The state should pay for the education of gifted children
The state should take over important industries
Non Germans should not be allowed to be newspaper editors
Unemployed people should be recruited as soldiers for the army or employed to build motorways
We must challenge terror or violence with our own terror or violence
Jews should be removed from all positions of leadership in Germany
Germany needs a strong and powerful leader who is able to make it strong again
Communism is dangerous and wrong. It must be destroyed
Germany must be allowed to rearm.
What are 2 ways Hitler rose to power?
He has a strong public image and he appealed to many different groups in German society.
Who created the Policy of Appeasement?
U.K. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
What was the purpose of the policy of appeasement?
To give Hitler what he wanted in return for the promise of not going to war?
What did the Policy of Appeasement allow Hitler to do?
Rearm Germany by creating an air force as well as making service enrollment compulsory
Allowed Germany to own 35% of Britian’s navy
Remilitarize Rhineland
Expand territory into Czechoslovakia
When did Hitler remilitarize Rhineland?
March 1936
What was Clause 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?
War Guilt clause making Germany take full blame of WWI and outline the bases for reparations.
What was the reasoning behind the Holocaust?
To eradicate the Jewish population because Hitler believed that the Jewish were responsible for the issues Germany was faced with.
What was life like in concentration camp?
Prisoners were malnourished and overworked. Many were slaughtered in gas chambers.
Who was Josef Mengele?
Josef Mengele was a physician who conducted experiments on Jews in order to create the perfect Aryan image.
What is the Aryan race?
Blonde hair, blue eyes, pale skin, the perfect person according the Hitler.
Where was the Western Front?
Across Europe encompassing most of Europe
What is Blitzkrieg?
A German war tactic known as lightning war involving tanks and air support followed by very fast infantry. It was very effective.
What was the battle of Stalingrad?
A battle between Germany and the Soviet Union in Stalingrad due to the industrial capacities of the city. The Soviets won.
What was operation Dynamo?
The evacuation of allied soldiers in DUNKIRK with civilians from Britian taking soldiers to safety (little ships)
What happened to France after operation Dynamo?
France surrendered and turned into Vichy France (Puppet France)
What was the Munich Agreement?
An allied agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany
What event boosted Moral in Britain?
U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s speech
What did the British Radar aid with?
Tracking the actions of Luftwaffe allowing Britian for crack the German code.
What was the last country left to fight Germany after the surrender of France?
Britian